Friday, March 02, 2007

best young writers?

Granta has published a list of the best American writers under 35 (link via Bookslut, who was really snotty about it for some reason). A lot of writers I like made the cut--Daniel Alarcon, author of the book I'm currently enjoying, Nell Freudenberger, Dara Horn, Yiyun Li, Maile Meloy, ZZ Packer, and, yes, even Nicole Krauss. Sure, I hate Jonathan Safran Foer, and think Uzodinma Iweala is a little overrated, and haven't read a few of them b/c I'm sick of short stories, but it's not a terrible list by any means, and it's a pointer toward some authors I may actually like, if nothing else.

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